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plus, congressional shenanigans in israel. an incident that involved republican lawmakers drinking and even some public nudity. it happened just two weeks after congress's debt ceiling debacle which led to the downgrade of america's credit rating. good morning from washington. it's monday august 20th, 2012. i'm chuck todd. right to my first reads. let's start with the presidential race. in just over hour, mitt romney and paul ryan will team up again for a ton hall in new hampshire campaign is touting today's event at and anslum college as romney's 100th town hall meeting. on the agenda, they want to take on the medicare issue, explaining their plan on medicare to new hampshire where about 14% of residents are 65 or older. on saturday at a retirement community in florida, ryan introduced a new surrogate to the medicare fight. his 78-year-old mother. >> this is my mom, betty. like a lot of americans, when i think about medicare, it's not just a program. it's not just a bunch of numbers. it's what my mom relies on. it's what my g
plus, congressional shenanigans in israel. an incident that involved republican lawmakers drinking and even some public nudity. it happened just two weeks after congress's debt ceiling debacle which led to the downgrade of america's credit rating. good morning from washington. it's monday august 20th, 2012. i'm chuck todd. right to my first reads. let's start with the presidential race. in just over hour, mitt romney and paul ryan will team up again for a ton hall in new hampshire campaign is...
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president obama called benjamin netanyahu last night after israel the president was snubbing netanyahu by not meeting with him when he comes to new york two weeks from now p earlier in the day, netanyahu had sharp words on for washington on iran responding to secretary clinton who said the international community should give sanctions more time to work instead of taking more military action. >> those international community who refuse to put red lines before iran don't have a more right to place a red light before israel. >> before i jump ahead to the politics of the day, very quickly to wrap this up, they had this phone call, the white house put out a read saying that there was never an invite asked for by the israelis nor was one denied. israeli officials have another view. they certainly still expected to have a meeting with the president when he was over here in new york city or possibly in washington. worth noting the lead story in the jerusalem post has the leading opposition figure in israeli politics of netanyahu asking of threat yahoo! which regime do you want changed first, t
president obama called benjamin netanyahu last night after israel the president was snubbing netanyahu by not meeting with him when he comes to new york two weeks from now p earlier in the day, netanyahu had sharp words on for washington on iran responding to secretary clinton who said the international community should give sanctions more time to work instead of taking more military action. >> those international community who refuse to put red lines before iran don't have a more right...
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which was the number one issue in israel. remember when the president as a candidate said i will negotiate, i'll sit down with the iranians. and they say you can't talk to them. he at least made the offer. >> but it didn't work. >> when he made the offer and iran pushed him aside, he was able to say to other countries, see, this is why you need to stand with us. chuck, i'm about to tell you that something even with your vast knowledge you may not know it. i have read the platform in two separate conventions, nobody noticed. >> nobody reeads the platform, o why do people do it? >> there should be platforms in shades of gray, then maybe people would read i, what you think? >> here's another one republicans very upset because god is not in the platform. you don't think it matters. >> i think any god matters, i think barack obama -- in god we trust, that's our slow began for the united states of america. i think we ought to start the platform with this. >> isn't the platform useless? because you wanted to hang the platforms aroun
which was the number one issue in israel. remember when the president as a candidate said i will negotiate, i'll sit down with the iranians. and they say you can't talk to them. he at least made the offer. >> but it didn't work. >> when he made the offer and iran pushed him aside, he was able to say to other countries, see, this is why you need to stand with us. chuck, i'm about to tell you that something even with your vast knowledge you may not know it. i have read the platform in...
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that would help the process of delegitimizing israel in the eyes of the world, presenting israel as a criminal. that's an issue which is of great concern. >> the fact of the matter, that will only setback actual peace negotiations. martin fletcher in tel aviv. thank you. busy week for you. >>> up next, breaking with boehner. the first republican to endorse the president's version of a compromise on taxes to avoid going over the fiscal cliff. oklahoma congressman tom cole joins me next. first, a look ahead at the president's schedule. one big thing on the schedule today that everybody is fairly interested in. that's that lunch with mitt romney. we're told no cameras. we'll see. we of the white house press corps officially protesting. we'd like to force them to let there be some official fourth estate coverage of this historic event. we'll see if they grant it. you're watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. a winter wonderland doesn't just happen. it takes some doing. some coordinating. and a trip to the one place with the new ideas that help us pull it all together. from the things
that would help the process of delegitimizing israel in the eyes of the world, presenting israel as a criminal. that's an issue which is of great concern. >> the fact of the matter, that will only setback actual peace negotiations. martin fletcher in tel aviv. thank you. busy week for you. >>> up next, breaking with boehner. the first republican to endorse the president's version of a compromise on taxes to avoid going over the fiscal cliff. oklahoma congressman tom cole joins me...
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he owns a newspaper in israel. he's a close friend of netanyahu. when romney goes, his only mention of the palestinians is one that inflames a lot of people and i think that, you know, one set of questions for romney is, what about a two-state solution, do you support it? do you not support it? not one that the obama campaign is likely to -- >> a report this week that talked about sheldon adel son's interest in macow. >> there's two federal investigations of the sands, which is adelson's corporation. it's been publicly reported by the sands. there's another one related to money laundering, not against adelson personally, but the casino which he runs looked the other way when one of the big associates of the mexican drug cartels was spending over $100 million as a whale at the casino. and another set of questio that ought to be asked is the romney justice department going to aggressively pursue these investigations? can romney pledge that the incident of his single biggest donor won't spread over into federal investigations. >> thank you, sir. >>> u
he owns a newspaper in israel. he's a close friend of netanyahu. when romney goes, his only mention of the palestinians is one that inflames a lot of people and i think that, you know, one set of questions for romney is, what about a two-state solution, do you support it? do you not support it? not one that the obama campaign is likely to -- >> a report this week that talked about sheldon adel son's interest in macow. >> there's two federal investigations of the sands, which is...
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pushes for a ceasefire, israel says it's ready for a ground war. but first, it's a look at the president's schedule. it's 12 hours ahead in cambodia right now so the president, like most of us, his day is almost over at this point. you see this? oh, let me guess -- more washington gridlock. no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? that's a big part of our retirement. oh, no, it's dividends, too. the rate on our dividends would more than double. but we depend on our dividends to help pay our bills. we worked hard to save. well, the president and congress have got to work together to stop this dividend tax hike. before it's too late. throughout our lives. one a day women's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for women's health concerns as we age. it has more of 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day 50+. >>> we are just weeks away from the so-called fiscal cliff, the $500 billion in automatic tax hikes and spending cuts that will take effect at the beginning of 2013. many hurdle
pushes for a ceasefire, israel says it's ready for a ground war. but first, it's a look at the president's schedule. it's 12 hours ahead in cambodia right now so the president, like most of us, his day is almost over at this point. you see this? oh, let me guess -- more washington gridlock. no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? that's a big part of our retirement. oh, no, it's dividends, too. the rate on our dividends would more than...
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this was just the trial run. >> israel next month. >> israel as well. >> very quickly, mike, because i want to get to this because i was struck by it when we talked about it earlier. a bit about benghazi and susan rice. 97 house republicans sent this letter to president obama. i want to just read a little bit from it. ambassador rice is widely viewed as having willfully or incompetently misled the american public. her actions give u.s. allies and rivals abroad reason to question u.s. commitment and credibility when needed. the president last week in his press conference seemed very gung ho on susan rice. what do you make of the politics of this? as i pointed out to dom and he pointed out, too, 97 house republicans or 250 doesn't matter because this is not a matter for house republicans if he does nominate her. what do you make of the susan rice fight? is it a fight worth having if you're the president of the united states? >> well, look, when i look at the benghazi issue, i see serious issues about security, did we get our understanding of what was going on in libya right? i'm not su
this was just the trial run. >> israel next month. >> israel as well. >> very quickly, mike, because i want to get to this because i was struck by it when we talked about it earlier. a bit about benghazi and susan rice. 97 house republicans sent this letter to president obama. i want to just read a little bit from it. ambassador rice is widely viewed as having willfully or incompetently misled the american public. her actions give u.s. allies and rivals abroad reason to...
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and for bungling that foreign trip to england, israel and poland. he announced paul ryan as his running mate but that didn't produce the bump he needed. as the focus of the race turned to medicare and the ryan budget. the republican convention was disrupted by weather and a guy talking to an empty chair. and then mid september, the leaked video of mitt romney's 47% remark surfaced. the first presidential debate, romney bested obama in front of 66 million people and began to benefit from mement tum. and then hurricane sandy hit. on tuesday romney will try to unseat an incumbent president, he's trying to knock a party out of power after just one term. while the president is targeting each part of his coalition with a handful of small arguments, romney is counting on winning the large one. >> he made a lot of promises, but those promises he couldn't keep. and the difference between us, he made promises he couldn't keep, i'm making promises i have kept and i will keep them for the american people. >> so where does that leave us? the two campaigns believ
and for bungling that foreign trip to england, israel and poland. he announced paul ryan as his running mate but that didn't produce the bump he needed. as the focus of the race turned to medicare and the ryan budget. the republican convention was disrupted by weather and a guy talking to an empty chair. and then mid september, the leaked video of mitt romney's 47% remark surfaced. the first presidential debate, romney bested obama in front of 66 million people and began to benefit from mement...
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the other ally in the middle east being israel. so for the president to come out and say, well, he's not exactly sure if egypt is an ally anymore but it's not an enemy, that is a significant change in the perspective of washington toward this country, the biggest country in the arab world. it makes one wonder, well, was it worth it? was it worth supporting the arab spring, supporting the demonstrations here in tahrir square, when now in tahrir square there are clashes going on behind me right in front of the u.s. embassy. you can see now teargas coming -- that teargas being fired into a crowd of demonstrators who are trying to get close to the u.s. embassy which is at the end of that street and throw rocks at the u.s. embassy. a very different scene here, a very different egypt. before, when the united states, president obama, was supporting the demonstrators here, president mubarak was in power -- and egypt was very much an ally. now, the president doesn't seem to be sure if egypt is an ally anymore. and some demonstrators who the
the other ally in the middle east being israel. so for the president to come out and say, well, he's not exactly sure if egypt is an ally anymore but it's not an enemy, that is a significant change in the perspective of washington toward this country, the biggest country in the arab world. it makes one wonder, well, was it worth it? was it worth supporting the arab spring, supporting the demonstrations here in tahrir square, when now in tahrir square there are clashes going on behind me right...
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. >> but romney lost the opportunity to drive that story as he headed to europe and israel and almost immediately a low risk trip abroad hit some bumps. >> in the short time you have been here in london, do they look to your experienced eye? >> it's hard to know how well it will turn out. there were a few things that were disconcerting. >> romney's foreign sale was capped by this unforgettable moment. >> governor romney, do you feel your gaffes have underscored your foreign trip? >> have some respect. >> we haven't had a chance to ask him questions. >> romney's -- the week before the republican convention, political headlines have been dominated by congressman todd akin. in an interview with a cbs denver affiliate, generated another dust up. >> i was told there was a condition, i was not asked about abortion. i planned to ask about todd akin, the representative who said that a woman's body shuttings down to prevent pregnancy. >> that denver reporter said she got a phone call from romney's national press secretary saying this is not how the campaign operates and is being addressed. rom
. >> but romney lost the opportunity to drive that story as he headed to europe and israel and almost immediately a low risk trip abroad hit some bumps. >> in the short time you have been here in london, do they look to your experienced eye? >> it's hard to know how well it will turn out. there were a few things that were disconcerting. >> romney's foreign sale was capped by this unforgettable moment. >> governor romney, do you feel your gaffes have underscored...
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new york congressman steve israel as well as my man that i like to talk about in the future of the republican party, mike murphy. righto my first reads. it took president obama exactly 12 minutes longer to win his second term than a first one. we called the 2000 race at 11:00. this time at 11:12 p.m. we're not even 12 hours removed from that moment yet and it's clear that the second obama term will face enormous challenges in trying to resolve the country's if iscal future and create a governing coalition to make that happen in washington but, first, let's look at how the president made his victory happen. the president put together a decisive electoral college victory winning at least 303 votes to romney's 206 and at this hour in florida where the president leads by it looks like at this moment 50,000 votes, remains too close to call where we think the vote remains should favor the president. those folks in miami-dade are going to start counting votes when they get to work this morning. but those margin of victory was smaller than in 2008. in the end demographics and a strong turnout operati
new york congressman steve israel as well as my man that i like to talk about in the future of the republican party, mike murphy. righto my first reads. it took president obama exactly 12 minutes longer to win his second term than a first one. we called the 2000 race at 11:00. this time at 11:12 p.m. we're not even 12 hours removed from that moment yet and it's clear that the second obama term will face enormous challenges in trying to resolve the country's if iscal future and create a...
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give us a feeling on the ground in israel. the war drum is beating quite significantly in the united states. talk of iran really moving on their nuclear program. what is the feeling there amongst the citizenry and how has the government reacted to the latest developments out of iran? >> hey, luke. well, the feeling on the ground here is no one really wants war with iran. they don't want to attack and then have to deal with the retaliation. you did hear some very strong words thinly veiled threats from israeli leaders that they would take the matter into their own hands and attack iran. tough to tell whether that is just sort of saber rattling, diplomatic strategy or actually a substantial threat. but what united states officials have been saying all along to israel, publicly and behind closed doors is, look, give these sanctions a chance to work. let's get political pressure a chance to work and that pain is still coming. you have the european oil embargo, that doesn't even go into effect until july. they want to see if they c
give us a feeling on the ground in israel. the war drum is beating quite significantly in the united states. talk of iran really moving on their nuclear program. what is the feeling there amongst the citizenry and how has the government reacted to the latest developments out of iran? >> hey, luke. well, the feeling on the ground here is no one really wants war with iran. they don't want to attack and then have to deal with the retaliation. you did hear some very strong words thinly veiled...
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. >> of course under that definition is israel an ally. israel is a treaty ally. couple of other things on this, by the way. expect the bodies of ambassador stevens and everybody coming back to the united states, don't be surprised if you see the president greet the dead bodies when they come back to the united states later today. now, despite the focus on foreign policy fight, both the president and romney have also seemed anxious on the trail yesterday to turn back to domestic issues. look at romney. he tried to boost support among women. every speaker at the romney rally in virginia, other than romney, was a woman. the campaign made sure women were featured prominently behind romney when he spoke. >> i had a chance to meet a woman entrepreneur. i met a lot of them. i met one and said to her, how duties your business started? she said, well, my husband lost his job -- >> stumping in colorado the president tried to connect with voters on the personal level as he's been doing using his own biography in an attempt to show a subtle contrast with romney. >> let's fac
. >> of course under that definition is israel an ally. israel is a treaty ally. couple of other things on this, by the way. expect the bodies of ambassador stevens and everybody coming back to the united states, don't be surprised if you see the president greet the dead bodies when they come back to the united states later today. now, despite the focus on foreign policy fight, both the president and romney have also seemed anxious on the trail yesterday to turn back to domestic issues....
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egyptian army, the person deciding relations with the united states, whether to keep a peace treaty with israel, and the five leading candidates all have very different ideas about this. egypt is at a crossroads, and the five candidates can really be broken up into two groups. there are islamists, mostly led by the muslim brotherhood and there are secular candidates allied with the former regime, and depending on who egyptians choose, either the muslim brotherhood and islamists or members of the foreign regime, it will set a very different tone for not only egypt but the entire region. >> richard, since there's no new constitution why are we so sure the president will have the power that -- it's the assumption that hoomp assumes office will just inherit a lot of this power because there's no constitution? >> reporter: yes. the way it's supposed to work is, voting takes place today and tomorrow of these five leading candidates, no one is expected to win an outright majority. that is more than 50% of votes cast today. that means there will be a runoff election in the middle of next month. the win
egyptian army, the person deciding relations with the united states, whether to keep a peace treaty with israel, and the five leading candidates all have very different ideas about this. egypt is at a crossroads, and the five candidates can really be broken up into two groups. there are islamists, mostly led by the muslim brotherhood and there are secular candidates allied with the former regime, and depending on who egyptians choose, either the muslim brotherhood and islamists or members of...
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it is -- are israel and palestinians closer to reaching a peace agreement? no, they haven't had talks in two years. >> by and large, romney stuck to his strategy of refusing to engage the president no matter what. in fact, he let some charges go completely unanswered, not responding to what was a seemingly rehearsed obama line and the line of the night, if you will, of this debate on defense spending. >> i think governor romney hasn't spent enough time looking at how our military works. you mentioned the navy, for example. we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. governor, we also had fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military's changed. we have these things called aircraft carriers where planes land on them. >> it was amazing, no response from romney on that front. it was a debate designed to focus on foreign policy. the two candidates did their best to steer the conversation back to the economy and domestic policy as much as they could get away with. >> we've got to make sure we reduce our deficit. unfortunately, governor romney's plan do
it is -- are israel and palestinians closer to reaching a peace agreement? no, they haven't had talks in two years. >> by and large, romney stuck to his strategy of refusing to engage the president no matter what. in fact, he let some charges go completely unanswered, not responding to what was a seemingly rehearsed obama line and the line of the night, if you will, of this debate on defense spending. >> i think governor romney hasn't spent enough time looking at how our military...
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steve israel, chairman of the democratic congressman campaign committee, democrat from new york. thanks for coming on this morning. >> thank you. >> all right. those weekly jobless numbers, they're out. what does that do for the markets? opening bell about to ring. let's get the market rundown. becky quick is here. what are the numbers? >> chuck, they came in a number that was down. good news and bad news. in the end, i don't think it's a whole great set of numbers here. they were actually down those weekly jobless claims by 3,000. the bad news is economists expected a bigger drop and numbers above 350 that have people concerned. we're probably not seeing great activity in the jobs market just yet. maybe more concerning is something we heard from norfolk southern. the big train company came out and affirmed something we had been hearing from fedex earlier this week. we talked about how federal express lowered its numbers and that's a big deal because the transports are very important about where the economy is headed. these are forward looking numbers that tell us where we can ex
steve israel, chairman of the democratic congressman campaign committee, democrat from new york. thanks for coming on this morning. >> thank you. >> all right. those weekly jobless numbers, they're out. what does that do for the markets? opening bell about to ring. let's get the market rundown. becky quick is here. what are the numbers? >> chuck, they came in a number that was down. good news and bad news. in the end, i don't think it's a whole great set of numbers here. they...
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. >> and they clashed on the stance on israel. >> the president's stance not to meet with netanyahu when the prime minister is here for the united nations is a mistake and sends a message that somehow we distance ourselves from our friends. >> i have conversations with prime minister netanyahu all the time and i understand and share president netanyahu's insis tans that iran should not obtain a nuclear weapon. any pressure that i feel is simply to do what's right for the american people. and i am going to block out any noise that's out there. it was interesting how both campaigns reacted to the "60 minutes" thing. the two campaigns treated it like debates. both tried to overexaggerate some line that the other said, which is just the way debate press release attacks come. meanwhile, today the president comes to new york to deliver his speech tomorrow but won't have a single one-on-one meeting with a world leader on his schedule. this is about a do no harm trip. republicans are already making hey of the president making time to make the view today. hee will deliver a speech at the the clin
. >> and they clashed on the stance on israel. >> the president's stance not to meet with netanyahu when the prime minister is here for the united nations is a mistake and sends a message that somehow we distance ourselves from our friends. >> i have conversations with prime minister netanyahu all the time and i understand and share president netanyahu's insis tans that iran should not obtain a nuclear weapon. any pressure that i feel is simply to do what's right for the...
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that's what republicans called mitt romney's gaffe filled tour of england, israel and poland, when our u.s. diplomats were attacked in libya, showed a lack of presidential character. if this is how he handles the world now, just think what mitt romney might do as president. >> in a statement, liz smith says quote it's clear on every measure, mitt romney fails the commander in chief test. well, just about two hours from now, romney will deliver that speech at virginia military institute. peter alexander is traveling with the romney campaign in lexington, virginia and joins me now and peter, this is a speech that is largely about the middle east. we're not hearing a lot about asia, a lot about russia. this is really going to be focused on syria, iran, libya and afghanistan. is it not? >> yeah, i think you're exactly right. going to focus on the middle east and northern africa, libya specifically. mitt romney as you noted, will accuse the president of saying that simple language, that hope is not a strategy. trying to -- harry truman and reagan. this speech is almost dedicated to george m
that's what republicans called mitt romney's gaffe filled tour of england, israel and poland, when our u.s. diplomats were attacked in libya, showed a lack of presidential character. if this is how he handles the world now, just think what mitt romney might do as president. >> in a statement, liz smith says quote it's clear on every measure, mitt romney fails the commander in chief test. well, just about two hours from now, romney will deliver that speech at virginia military institute....
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tomorrow on the show steve israel joins us. up next chris jansing. bye-bye. get to bloggin' ♪ so hot right now d esigthneatr ♪ our ♪ sunglasses be foggin' ♪ this crowd is classic ♪ so we play 'em like rachmaninoff ♪ ♪ just hooked 'em up with score alerts ♪ ♪now we're about to set it off ♪set it off like a score alert ♪ beep beep what? ♪if you set your phone to vibrate ♪ ♪ then it might alert your button flies all the ♪ ♪ girls and the guys wanna keep that credit score ♪ ♪ high like a private jet free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ don't forget narrator: offer applies with enrollment in freecreditscore.com silverado! the most dependable, longest lasting, full-size pickups on the road. so, what do you think? [ engine revs ] i'll take it. [ male announcer ] it's chevy truck month. now during chevy truck month, get 0% apr financing for 60 months or trade up to get the 2012 chevy silverado all-star edition with a total value of $8,000. hurry in before they're all gone! a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body
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attacks against the wall this week in an effort to see what sticks, hitting the president on welfare, israel, even contraception. the obama campaign is out with a response to the welfare tv ad. >> seeing this, mitt romney claiming the president would end welfare's work requirements. if the "new york times" calls it blatantly false. president clinton's reaction to the ad -- it's just not true. >> rule of thumb on responses to tv ads, you responds to ones that haven't aired yet. you respond to ones that are airing and that are effective via your own tv ads. yesterday i sat down with mitt romney for an exclusive interview, part of a special hour we're airing later this month on msnbc right before the republican convention, and asked him about this feeling like this is a campaign that has turned into a race to the bottom. >> i assure you our campaign would be helped immensely if we had an agreement between both campaigns that we were only going to talk about issues and that attacks based upon business or family or taxes or things of that nature, that this is just -- this is a diversion. i would
attacks against the wall this week in an effort to see what sticks, hitting the president on welfare, israel, even contraception. the obama campaign is out with a response to the welfare tv ad. >> seeing this, mitt romney claiming the president would end welfare's work requirements. if the "new york times" calls it blatantly false. president clinton's reaction to the ad -- it's just not true. >> rule of thumb on responses to tv ads, you responds to ones that haven't aired...
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. >> that was the head of the democratic congressional campaign committee, representative steve israel, on our show yesterday discussing what he thinks is the fallout from the republican party's presidential ticket. joining me now, other side of this, deputy chairman of the republican national congressional committee, congressman, let me start with go ahead and rebut. do you believe the republican ticket is making the medicare issue more complicated for your members? >> no. actually we're on offense because we have a plan to save medicare, protect those who are 55 and over. this isn't about them. we'll keep that pledge to them. look, we all have parents, mine have passed now but i saw how important medicare was for them in the end years of their life, senior years of their life. i am fully committed to making sure seniors are taken care of. but if you do nothing, the actuaries tell us medicare goes broke so we did something. we said here's a way to deal with medicare. looks a lot like medicare part d, by the way, for the next generation of seniors. obama care's the one that raided $716
. >> that was the head of the democratic congressional campaign committee, representative steve israel, on our show yesterday discussing what he thinks is the fallout from the republican party's presidential ticket. joining me now, other side of this, deputy chairman of the republican national congressional committee, congressman, let me start with go ahead and rebut. do you believe the republican ticket is making the medicare issue more complicated for your members? >> no. actually...
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urges israel not attack. the situation in syria continues to deteriorate. should the u.s. arm opposition forces? two top senators say yes. >>> first, today's trivia question what is the most common presidential first name? tweet me the answer. the first correct answer will get a follow washington's birthday from us. what makes the sleep number store different? you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about you. they say, "well, if you want a firm bed you can lie on one of those." we provide the exact individualization that your body needs. wow. that feels really good. it's about support where you find it most comfortable. at the ultimate sleep number event, queen mattresses now start at just $599. and save 50% on the final closeout of our innovative limited edition bed. plus, enjoy special offers through monday only. only at the sleep number store. there's another way to minimize litter box odor: purina tidy cats. our premium litters now work harder to help neutralize odors in multiple cat homes. purina tidy cats. keep your home smelling like home. how
urges israel not attack. the situation in syria continues to deteriorate. should the u.s. arm opposition forces? two top senators say yes. >>> first, today's trivia question what is the most common presidential first name? tweet me the answer. the first correct answer will get a follow washington's birthday from us. what makes the sleep number store different? you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about you. they say, "well, if you want a firm bed you can...
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he doesn't think we should be kicking israel in the teeth. >> i-want to get to you. talk about that. i mean, you obviously are the king of opposition research. democratic party with -- more of an effort to paint the differences between mitt romney of october today and mitt romney, just a few months ago? >> i think that the emphasis should -- let me start by saying at this point in time governor romney would promise voters, unicorns and rainbows and ice cream if he thought that would win votes. i think that we are going to see from the next 13 days is coming to hit on his extreme -- extreme positions and -- it is not so much the ploep as much as where he is and the most extremes. you can say he is a moderate or believes this. what about for the 18 months where he was a severe conservative laying out these very, very conservative azwraen items? that's what we are going to continue to focus on over the next 13 days. >> you have been surprise -- this is one of the most conservative republican congresses we have ever seen from 2002 to -- 2010 to 2012. mitt romney can push
he doesn't think we should be kicking israel in the teeth. >> i-want to get to you. talk about that. i mean, you obviously are the king of opposition research. democratic party with -- more of an effort to paint the differences between mitt romney of october today and mitt romney, just a few months ago? >> i think that the emphasis should -- let me start by saying at this point in time governor romney would promise voters, unicorns and rainbows and ice cream if he thought that would...
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wasn't just from republican senators, conservative groups, but also the pro-israel community and now "the washington post" editorial page who this morning said -- chuck hagel is not the right choice for defense secretary. susan rice, now chuck hagel. neither one of them were ever actually nominated and they are getting vetted in a way without a support mechanism from the white house since they can't fully defend their nominees since these are not actual nominees yet. this has been a rough period i think to be a non-nominee for a national security post given all the other things going on and all the other focus of of the white house. to put is simply, it's been a bit sloppy. >>> up next, arizona congressman ron barber. he was wounded when a gunman opened fire on gabby giffords nearly two years ago. now what he's saying about gun control and the precarious nature of the fiscal cliff talks. >>> plus, a high honor for the late senator daniel inouye. >>> 11:45 this morning we expect the president and vice president to go to the brady press briefing room to announce the process for a respo
wasn't just from republican senators, conservative groups, but also the pro-israel community and now "the washington post" editorial page who this morning said -- chuck hagel is not the right choice for defense secretary. susan rice, now chuck hagel. neither one of them were ever actually nominated and they are getting vetted in a way without a support mechanism from the white house since they can't fully defend their nominees since these are not actual nominees yet. this has been a...